Sedan-door-glass cleaner



March 10, 1931. J STRANG SEDAN DOOR GLASS CLEANER Filed Oct. 2, 1929 (fa/z 77 JJiran INVENTOR A (TORNEY wrmesw Patented Mar. 10, 1931 PATENT OFFICE I JOHN J. STRANG, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY SEDAN-DOOR-GLASS CLEANER Application filed October 2, 1929. Serial No. 396,739.

This invention relates to glass wipers or cleaners and more particularly to a portable cleaner adapted for use with window glasses of sedan automobile doors and the like.

;. Various types of cleaners have heretofore been used for the Windshields of automobiles, to enable the driver: to see the road ahead of the automobile in rain or snowst orms. It is often desirable that the driver W of theautomobile should be able to also have a clear view through the side doors of the vehicle, so that he can see clearly along side streets, as well as the sides of the road generally. Also, passengers riding in the automobile during a snowstorm or during rain are at a disadvantage and often uncomfortable by reasonv of their. inability to see through the side windows of the vehicle.

The primary object of the present invention is to enable the window glass of an automobile door, such as a sedan door window glass, to be kept clear of rain, snow, frost, or the like, so that a clear view'can be had therethrough.

2A further object is to provide a portable sedan door glass cleaner to be applied to the window glass ofa sedan door or the like when it is desired to use the cleaner, and which can be quickly removed when its use 9 is not required.

A still further object is to provide a sedan door glass cleaner which can be quickly adju'sted in place by lowering the glass of the door and hooking the cleaner over the top 3 edge of the glass, and which may be securely held in place by a quick acting device in the form of a suction cup which may be pressed firmly on to the glass; the entire device be- 40 ing quickly removed when desired by simply lowering the window glass in the usual way and sliding 5 the suction cup past the upper edge of the glass.

' Another object is to provide a quick attachable or detachable window cleaner which frame or the like from being marred or scratched during use of the device.

Another object is to provide a suction device to securely hold the window cleaning device in place on the window.

Still other objects are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of window glass cleaners, and reduce the cost of manufacture thereof; and enable the same to be operated manually or automatically- Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the fol lowing specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which latter show embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front view of a sedan door window glass showing the present cleaner secured in operative position.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

- Figure 3 is a rear elevationof the sedan door window glass showing the attaching means.

Figure 4 is a detail side view, partly in section, illustrating the adjustable connection between the operating shaft and wiper arm.

. Figure 5 is atop plan View of the device in operative position.

The sedan door glass cleaner in this instance comprises a frame 11 including a channel portion 12 adapted to fit over the edge of the glass 13. This channel portion 12 is of sufiicient length to prevent axial shifting or twisting of the device, and the channel portion is preferably of such width as to embrace the glass with a close fit. The interior of the channel portion 12 may be lined with felt or other resilient material to provide a cushioned mounting and elim- 10c inate vibration or noise. Certain Window glasses may have a frame, ofmetal or other- Wise, around the edge of the glass; and to accommodatesuch cases the channel portion 12 is provided in a size to fit over the glass and frame.

The frame 11 ih this instance includes a rearwardly extending portion 15 and storsupporting '19, are prelerablystamped out er" sheet metal, so that all these parts Wardly extending portion 16, these porti-ons 15' and 16 being upturned, as seen at 17 and 18 respectively, 'the upturned portions 17 V and 18 extending upward gjust f-slightly above the upper edge of the glass 13. The rearward upturned'pertiou 117 is prefer ably doubled upon itself and extends down ward'to provide a supportin arm, 19.

To support the 'fr'a'nie 11, "and the pa-r'ts carded thereby, to be hereinafter referred to, upon the fglass13, it secure a suitable suction cup 20 'to -t"he supporting ar m lt).

This suction dip in the present preferred embediment consists "of a "concavo-o'onyex memher termed "of rubber or dinner resilient, impervious mate -ia1. "The suction cup 20 may be secured to the supporting arm 19 in any suitable manner. In pinstance the steppe-ding arm is provided with an lnteri'erly screw threaded holder 21 at its lower end; and

threaded projection adapted to beserewed into the hdlder 21. g v i I The tranie 1'1, incl-udi-ngfthe "channel por- TtionjlQ, thefforwa rdly and rearwardly extending *poi ti-errs' '15 16, respectively, the uptu hed portions i7 18-, and the constitute a one piece 'uniu Inthepresent modification, transverse aligned apertures I 23 24 are provided at the rearward and 11 forward portions, r spectively, *oit f-the frame 11; and a inanua llyo-perated@leaner a'rin 25 is eullted i'nfthfe frame 11, this "cleaner arm incl-titlin horizontally disposed-shaft portion 26 which extends through the aperture 2 3 provided the upper part of the doubted frame "pertions 17 and '19 and through the aperture 2% provided 'at the upperpart 'o fthe upwardly extending portion 18, and an o erating arm 26 arranged sdbstantial ly arightangle to the horizontal shaft portion 26. The free end "of the sh'a'it portion 26 extends slightly beyond the upWardl extending portion 18, and this h-eeend, t represent instance, has 7 an aperture 2'7 "adaptedfto :receive a arm 'Means are provided to. adjustabIy suppOrt theWiper 'ar'1n28 upon the shaft 26-; and in the present instance set "screw 6%) is threaded through "the end of thearm 26Iso that itrn en 'a e the Wiper arm 28 at the aperture 27. glass "W per or cleaner, "which may "be of "conventional form,l.is secured at thelower end of the Wiper arm *28; Tnth is instance thegla'ss Wiper includes suction'cup '20 has a an elongated body 3O with a squeegee secured thereto to engage the glass 13. The

body 30 is secured to the wiper arm 28 by means of a clamp 32. The operating arm 26 is equipped with a handle 33, 1nanipula tion of Whichin an arcuate path from side to side will produce alike movement of the glass Wiper. The Wiper arm 28 is preferablyiorined of spring material so that the squeegee31 will closely engage the glass 13. "re lim'it'the ine'x' ement of the glass Wiper in each direction, a suitable stop device 34 .is provided on the frame 11 This stop device in the present lnstance COHIPIISQS' an angular member l i andy-pertabl e device, one or more ef which be normally carried in 'a'ny convenient place in "the automobile. Vb-en it lsfi aining or s'nle'iving the devic'elnay be brought dorth,

and the'sedan door glass slightly lowered'so that the tram-e 11 can be positioned $011 the tl-ren pressed firmly on toithe glass;

and the cleaner isthus securely held mop erating position. The door glasses then sed so that the shaft cushion- 3 7 abuts it will be seen that byreasonofthe present construction of theifra'ine =Ither'e will be only a slight opening between the upper "edge; at

the glass and the door frarn avh-i'oh be age inst the upper portion of the door frame.

edge'of theglass The-su'ct ionidevice justisufii'eient ter ventilation, but not-large ou'gh rain-0r snovv, to enter kduringua :fall :e f either of the latter. The elean'er may be located 'inany'des'ired {tion laterally of the'doo r glass, and maybe transferred troin one door glass to another, as may be desired Whether such doors are of the left or rightl-rand variety The cleaner is released :from the )gla-sshy sliding the su etio-n device up over the edge :of the glass. Thus it-is otjnecessary to employ any more or less complicatedelarnping device to secure the-cleaneronjthe door, the suction device ,a-fl'ording a quick attachable and detaehable, as Well as adjustable means for holding the glass cleaner firmly in place.

The present suetiongmoun' ted glass cl aner "may be equipped for automate-e:epeiatienif desired, by simply "attaching the automatic operating 'means to the inner end o f'the shaft 26, which may be provided with an aperture or any other convenient means for V the purpose.

The wiper arm 28 may be adjusted by the set screw 29 so that the wiper will describe a small or large arc in its travel from side to side; and the device may be adapted for practically any type of sedan door, or any other glass affording an upper edge support for the frame 11.

It will be understood that the construction of the cleaning device itself may be varied to suit difierent requirements, an essential feature inthe present instance however, being the suction mounting for the glass wiper.

, The hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modifications without departing from the invention; therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the precise'arrangements shown and described, which are, as aforesaid, by way of illustration merely. In other words, the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claim, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

What I claim as new is:

A sedan door glass cleaner or the like comprising a frame having a channel portion to rest upon'the upper edge of the glass, said frame including forward and rearward upwardly extending portions, said rearward portion carrying a depending arm, a suction device mounted on said depending arm and adapted to secure said frame upon one side of the glass, a shaft mounted in said upwardly extending portions, a glass wiper mounted on said shaft at the opposite side of the glass, means on said shaft to adjust the position-of said glass wiper and an operating handle to oscillate said shaft and hence the glass wiper.

In testimony whereof, I hereby afiix my signature.

JOHN J. STRANG. 

